Dangerous desires: Television and erotics in late twentieth-century India

Journal of Asian Studies

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 403-431

  Mankekar, Purnima ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33749581609     PISSN: 00219118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0021911804001020     Document Type: Article

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